The target of this study is to find out if the preference expressed by many women in search of househelps;
for house-girls, has a direct link with the socialization pattern of the girl-child. The study shows that
while girls are socialized to be kind, gentle, patient, loving, passive, hard working and long suffering, boys are
socialized to be tough, strong, authoritative and never to cry; since only girls are supposed to cry. The findings
from this study shows that over 90% of women, seeking the services of house-helps usually prefer the services
of house-girls, because they have been trained to clean, cook, take care of their younger siblings, be gentle,
obedient and kind. The natural consequence of this is that they try to imbibe those attributes which they have
been taught, since those are the criteria on which they will be assessed in their society. Thus, since these are
the attributes that people need from their house helps, they prefer the girl-child to boys for employment. This
thus exposes the girl-child to a lot of exploitation by their families and their employer’s family. This is even
more so because most of their earnings go to their families; not themselves. The study ends by recommending
that both boys and girls should have similar socialization pattern and that government should intensify its efforts
at eradication child labor and exploitation.